Social Shortcodes vs Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Relat

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Health D41

Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Relat

Health C59

Active-install trajectory

Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Relat moved down one install band, 20K+ to 10K+. That's a single step across the whole window, so there's no trajectory to draw. The download trend below moves daily.

Metric	Social Shortcodes	Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Relat
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10–20	10K–20K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0% ✓	-50%
Overall health	—	C · 59 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	3/100	29/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	—	85/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	—	70/100 ✓
Rating (adjusted)	—	4.35★ ✓
Reviews	0	1,052 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	33/100	79/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	High	Low ✓
Last updated	10.2y ago	1.9y ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	72	1.1K ✓
Install conversion Active installs over lifetime downloads. Downloads include every update, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower.	0.4% ✓	0.2%
Category	Social	Social

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Social ShortcodesProfessional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Relat

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.